Who has a Disability Categories of Disabilities

1. Who has a Disability Categories of Disabilities Ms. Boldt

2. Who has a Disability Categories of Disabilities • Autism • Deafness • Deafness-Blindness • Hearing Impairment • Multiple Disabilities • Orthopedic Impairment • Other Health Impairment • Tourette’s Syndrome • Emotional Disturbance • Specific Learning Disabilities • Speech or Language Impairment • Traumatic Brain Injury • Visual Impairment including blindness • Pervasive Developmental Disorder

3. Signs of Learning Disability • trouble leaning the alphabet, rhyming word or connecting letters to their sounds • Many mistakes when reading aloud and repeat and pauses often • Not understanding when he or she read • Real trouble with spelling • Vey messy handwriting or hold a pencil awkwardly • Struggles to express ideas in writing • Leaning language late or a limited vocabulary • Trouble remembering the sound that letters make or hearing slight differences between words • Trouble understanding jokes, comic strips and sarcasm • Mispronounces word or uses a wrong work that sounds similar • Trouble organizing what he or she want to say or not able to think of the work that is needed • for writing or conversation • Not follow the social rules of conversation: taking turns or standing to close for a conversation • Confused math symbols and misreads number • Not being able to retell a story in order • Not knowing where to begin a task or how to go from where they are at

4. Tips for Parents • Give your child the chance to excel or just have fun in things outside of the classroom, let them be kids • Help them learn thought their strengths • Meet with other parents that have a child with the same disability • Develop a plan with the school and the child